Purpose

To consolidate, disseminate, and gather information concerning the 710 expansion into our San Rafael neighborhood and into our surrounding neighborhoods. If you have an item that you would like posted on this blog, please e-mail the item to Peggy Drouet at pdrouet@earthlink.net

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Gold Line to Montclair Moving Ahead Even With No Money

By Neal Broverman, October 1, 2013

As construction workers build the next leg of the Gold Line, from Pasadena to Azusa,
San Gabriel Valley officials are keeping up the pressure to build the
once-certain extension to Montclair--the $950-million light rail project
has been in jeopardy since Metro pulled funds last spring. The Gold Line Construction Authority's
recent newsletter notes that this month they'll host a meeting with
city staff members along the route to discuss moving the project to the engineering phase--the last step before construction. "The [Advanced Conceptual Engineering] work, which is expected to begin next year,
will advance the design and engineering for the 12.3-mile, six-station
project to a point where it will be ready for a future design-build
procurement." As far as money goes, the Construction Authority continues
"to work with Metro to identify potential funding opportunities." If
money become available in 2015 or '16, the project could open in 2021 or
'22, according to the Authority